Do Androids Have Nightmares of The Big Bad Wolf: A Marxist Analysis of "Raised by Wolves"
Translated title
Har Androider Mareridt Om Den Store Stygge Ulv: En Marxistisk Analyse af "Raised by Wolves"
Author
Andersen, Jon Lund
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2021
Submitted on
2021-06-02
Pages
63
Abstract
Denne afhandling undersøger science fiction-serien Raised by Wolves gennem Fredric Jamesons teori The Political Unconscious, en tilgang der læser fortællinger som udtryk for skjulte sociale og politiske ønsker. Formålet er at sætte fokus på klasseulighed, et emne der ofte skubbes i baggrunden eller forsvinder i mængden af samfundskritik. Med Jamesons idé om det kollektive ubevidste—samfundets fælles, men ofte uudtalte, håb og frygt—leder analysen efter, hvad serien antyder om behovet for forandring. Afhandlingen finder, at Raised by Wolves rummer en kritik af den rovdyrsagtige side af menneskets natur og antyder, at denne drift længe har præget den vestlige civilisation. Dernæst knyttes temaet til nutiden, især til neoliberalismen, en ideologi der betoner markedsfrihed og minimal regulering. Konklusionen er, at serien indirekte udtrykker et ønske om en regulerende kraft eller en form for fælles styring, der kan begrænse skaderne ved ubegrænset rovdrift.
This thesis examines the science fiction series Raised by Wolves through Fredric Jameson’s The Political Unconscious, a framework for reading stories as reflections of hidden social and political desires. The aim is to highlight class inequality, a topic that can be sidelined or lost amid competing critiques of society. Drawing on Jameson’s idea of the collective unconscious—the shared but often unspoken hopes and fears within a society—the analysis looks for what the series suggests about the need for change. The study finds that Raised by Wolves embeds a critique of the predatory side of human nature and implies that this drive has long shaped Western civilization. It then connects this theme to the present, especially to neoliberalism, an ideology that emphasizes market freedom and minimal regulation. The conclusion is that the series indirectly expresses a desire for some kind of regulating force or collective control to limit the harms of unchecked predatory behavior.
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